Lefebure, Molly.
The Bondage of Love: A Life of Mrs. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
(Victor Gollancz, 1986).
Hardback. Lacks fly leaf. Ex library with minimal library stamps & stickers, otherwise good in dustwrapper. 287pp. Order No. NSBK-C8897
Keywords: 0575038713, drugs, addiction, opium, Mrs Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Sara Coleridge, literature, biography, biographies, history, marriage, drug addiction, Britain, British, England, English, 18th century, eighteenth century, 19th century, nineteenth century, Wordsworth, William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth, Robert Southey, romantics, romanticism, romantic period, Coleridges, Greta Hall
Price £6.00.
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Pahl, R. E.
Divisions of Labour:
(Basil Blackwell, 1984).
Paperback. Near fine. 362pp. Order No. NSBK-C7834
Keywords: 0631132740, Britain, British, England, English, history, inome, money, gender, labor, labour, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, Industrial Revolution, eighteenth century, nineteenth century, 18th, 19th, sociology, sociologial, households, families, family, neighbourhoods, neighborhoods, class, status, communities, community, work, employment, jobs
Price £16.99.
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Stodart, M. A.
Female Writers: Thoughts on their Proper Sphere and on Their Powers of Usefulness
(Photocopy only of R.B. Seeley edition, 1842).
Hardback. Library photocopy only, not an original. In good, sturdy, black library binding. 203pp. Order No. NSBK-C13731
Keywords: women writers, nineteenth century, literature, women's literature, M. A. Stodart, education, literary, 19th century, female education, mental faculties, Mary Astell, Mary Wollstonecraft, 18th century, eighteenth century, Madame de Stael, Hannah More
Price £29.00.
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Magic Poster Greeting Cards, .
Magic Poster Greeting Cards: Pack 2: Assorted Pack of 13 Historic Magic Posters Reproduced as Greetings Cards
(Portrayer Publishers, 2005).
The images are printed in vibrant lithographic colours by Portrayer Publishers. 13 greetings cards, individually wrapped in cellophane, and each with its own envelope. Each card measures 6 inches x 4 inches, and has a plain interior, for your own message for any occasion. The selection includes: from top left, moving left to right: Alexander: Crystal Seer; Thurston: The Great Magician; Forrest & Company: Man Of Many Mysteries; Houdini: King Of Cards; Newmann The Great: Show Of Wonders; David Devant: Bubbles; Maskelyne & Cookes: Mysteries. From bottom left, moving left to right: Thurston: World's Famous Magician; Thurston: Kellar's Successor; Kellar: Levitation; Kellar: Portrait; Kellar: Imps, Fairies Landscape Orientation; Hardeen, Brother Of Houdini: The Lyric Theatre Showbill. Highly collectable. (Please note that the sample electronic image, unlike the cards themselves, is watermarked with a Portrayer Publishers insignia and reduced in quality, to prevent image theft). Brand new, fine condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-F10730
Keywords: magic, poster, posters, magic posters, magician, magicians, magic poster, magic posters, greetings, greeting card, greeting cards, historic, history, historical, magics, magically, card, cards, posters, poster, old time, show, shows, Kellar, Harry Kellar, Houdini, Hardeen, Thurston, Howard Thurston, Newmann, spirit, mysteries, master magician, master, spirits, spirit, seances, leisure, entertainment, mystery, Maskelyne, Devant, David Devant, conjuring, conjurors, conjure, conjurings, history of magic, magical history, magic school, stage, drama, ephemera, collector, collecting, collectors, collected, history, hobbies, hobby, images, art, representations, representation, vintage, 19th century, nineteenth century,Victorian, 20th century, twentieth century, modern, imagery, images, pictures, Portrayer, Portrayer Publishers, magic cards, magiccards, art, artwork
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Harris, Lillie.
Our Married Ladies:
(Walter Scott, 1886).
Reprinted from the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle. Pamphlet. Internally good in worn and torn covers. 85pp. Order No. NSBK-C13111
Keywords: Victorian, women's history, 19th century, nineteenth century, pamphlet
Price £6.50.
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Davies, A. J.
To Build a New Jerusalem: The Labour Movement from the 1880s to the 1990s
(Michael Joseph, 1992).
Hardback. Very good in faded dustwrapper. vi + 344pp. Order No. NSBK-A8529
Keywords: 0718133943, labour labor, politics, political, Labour Party, Britain, British, England, English, history, organisations, nineteenth century, twentieth century, 19th, 20th, socialism, socialists
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Butler, W. C.
The Modern Practical Confectioner: A Boon to the Trade for the Master, Improver, Apprentice and the Trade Generally
(Abel Heywood/Simpkin Marshall, 1890).
Hardback. Boards worn and stained, internally good. vi + 87pp. Order No. NSBK-A12673
Keywords: B0008AO6AC, cakes, confectionary, foods, eating, bakers, bakery, apprentices, trades, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
Price £28.00.
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De Hempsey, Sidney.
Practical Punch and Judy:
(Arcady Press [John Alexander], Reprint, 2004).
This useful guide to starting Punch and Judy first appeared in 1953 as a series of articles published in the monthly magic magazine "The Wizard", which is now, sadly, defunct. Reprinted 2004. Booklet. Fine. 28pp. Order No. NSBK-F12597
Keywords: Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Punch and Judy, puppets, puppet, puppetry, theatre, marionette, marionettes, puppeteer, puppetteer, puppet master, professor, professors, hand puppet, hand puppets, scripts, script, show, seaside, sea side, humour, humor, street theatre, street theatres, street entertainment, social history, social historian, traveller, travellers, magic, illusions, conjuring, history, showmen, showman, shows, show, Sidney De Hempsey, Sidney de Hempsey's, booklet
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Pennington, Shelley & Westover, Belinda.
A Hidden Workforce: Homeworkers in England, 1850 - 1985
(Macmillan, 1989).
Hardback. With newspaper reviews pasted to endpapers, otherwise good+ in browned dustwrapper. xi + 191pp. Order No. NSBK-C15640
Keywords: 9780333432969, homeworker, labour work, Victorian, nineteenth century, twentieth century, Britain, British, England, English, history, workforce, domestic, domesticity, working women, pennington, westover, sweated labour, housework, tailoring, tailor, tailoring industry, 19th century
Price £9.00.
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Haining, Peter.
The Great English Earthquake:
(Robert Hale, rpt., 2002).
Paperback. Fine. 219pp. Order No. NSBK-H13040
Keywords: 0709043910, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, earthquakes, tremors, Altrincham, Cheshire
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